Protest

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• SOURCE: New York Daily News
  10/7/19
  

  The NBA's cowardice on China

  by Jonathan Zimmerman

  "The NBA just threw Hong Kong under the bus, purely for the sake of the almighty dollar. And if that’s not outrageous, I don’t know what is."

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  September 23, 2019
  

  Protesters shut down D.C. traffic before. It helped end the Vietnam War — and reshaped American activism.

  by Hannah Natanson

  Thousands of protesters against the Vietnam War took to the streets of downtown Washington in May 1971 with a single goal: Bring traffic to a total, grinding halt in the nation’s capital.

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• 9/29/19
  

  Climate Change: A Worldwide Catastrophe In The Making

  by Alon Ben-Meir

  The United Nations Climate Action Summit revealed how far presidents and prime ministers are willing to go avoid the terrible consequences of global warming.

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• SOURCE: Time
  9/23/19
  

  How Understanding the History of the Earth's Climate Can Offer Hope Amid Crisis

  by John Brooke, Michael Bevis and Steve Rissing

  Our planet’s relationship to carbon dioxide has changed drastically before; it can change again. 

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• 9/22/19
  

  The Long History of Activism Preceding The Hong Kong Democracy Protests

  by Susan Blumberg-Kason

  For the last 100 years, Hong Kong has seen mass protests. They'll only stop when people feel they have a voice in government. 

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• 91/1/9
  

  Where Are the Hong Kong Protests Headed?

  by Kevin M. Shanley

  After ten weeks of protest by students and others in Hong Kong the crisis seems to be spiraling toward a tragic climax.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  8/14/19
  

  Our democracy’s founding ideals were false when they were written. Black Americans have fought to make them true.

  by Nikole Hannah-Jones

  Without the idealistic, strenuous and patriotic efforts of black Americans, our democracy today would most likely look very different — it might not be a democracy at all.

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• 8/18/19
  

  “This letter is the last that I write to you:" The Courage of Youth Resisters in World War 2 France

  by Ronald C. Rosbottom

  Young people's impatience, their perceptive view of a better tomorrow, their faith in the power of solidarity, and their energetic fearlessness reminds us adults that change is possible. 

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• SOURCE: NPR
  6/16/19
  

  The History Behind Hong Kong's Ongoing Protests

  Victoria Hui, a Hong Kong native and political scientist at the University of Notre Dame, explains Hong Kong's political history as protests continue there.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  6/2/10
  

  After Tiananmen, China Conquers History Itself

  by Louisa Lim

  Young people question the value of knowledge, a victory for Beijing 30 years after the crackdown on student protests.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  6/3/19
  

  30 Years After Tiananmen, ‘Tank Man’ Remains an Icon and a Mystery

  Three decades after the Chinese Army crushed demonstrations centered on Tiananmen Square, “Tank Man” — the person who boldly confronted a convoy of tanks barreling down a Beijing avenue — is as much a mystery as ever.

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• SOURCE: National Security Archive
  6/4/19
  

  National Security Archive Publishes Special Exhibit on the 30th anniversary of the Massacre at Beijing’s Tiananmen Square

  Declassified Records Describe Attacks by Chinese Troops, Internal Official Debates, and U.S. Attempts to Keep U.S.-China Relations on Track.

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• SOURCE: Foreign Affairs
  5/30/19
  

  The New Tiananmen Papers

  by Andrew J. Nathan

  Inside the Secret Meeting That Changed China.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  5/30/19
  

  Photos of the Tiananmen Square Protests Through the Lens of a Student Witness

  After three decades, Jian Liu decided to reveal images he took of the hopeful 1989 student movement and its bloody aftermath.

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• 5/7/19
  

  How Chinese History Restarted 100 Years Ago

  by Peter Zarrow

  On Sunday, May 4, 1919, some 3,000 students assembled at Tiananmen Square in Beijing to protest the Versailles Treaty that ended World War I. 

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• SOURCE: Time
  5/4/19
  

  49 Years After the Kent State Shootings, New Photos Are Revealed

  The new photos were taken by John Filo and Howard Ruffner, two students at the university. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  4/27/19
  

  Once a center of antiabortion extremism, Kansas’s protections are now stronger than ever

  The month and a half in 1991 that radically changed the politics of abortion in Kansas.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  4/15/19
  

  Hu Yaobang's Death 30 years ago was the spark for the Tiananmen Square protests

  He is mourned — to this day — by those who hail him as an anti-corruption reformer.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  3/26/19
  

  The danger of denying black Americans political rights

  by Kellie Carter Jackson

  Without access to political rights, violence becomes a crucial tool in the fight for freedom.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  3/12/19
  

  Beyond blackface: How college yearbooks captured protest and change

  by John R. Thelin

  College yearbook editors in the 1960s juxtaposed pictures of traditional campus activities, such as Greek Life, alongside images of protests and marches.